UNIT 2: Legal sources of the constitution

Question 1

What is the most obvious source of the constitution?

Answer 1

-parliament

Question 2

What is common law?

Answer 2

-law derived from judicial decisions
-common law is more specific than acts of parliament

Question 3

What are the three constitutional principles?

Answer 3

1) constitutional monarchy
-crown has no power to change law
-sovereign only has power given to them by the law
2) parliamentary sovereignty
-parliament is the supreme legal authority in the UK
3) accountability of government to law